Medicines and Therapies

Pharmacist extraordinaire Natalie Gauld is honoured for to be recognised with a New Year Honour her work on improving access to medicines, among her many achievements. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports 

PHARMAC HAS HALTED a proposal to extend the supply periods for Class B controlled drugs at the request of the Ministry of Health. 

Over the past 48 years, Keith Crump has tried most of the opportunities a career in pharmacy can offer, but finds himself drawn back to his first love – the psych unit. He talks to Natasha Jojoa Burling

Pharmac has halted a proposal to extend the supply periods for Class B controlled drugs at the request of the Ministry of Health

As New Zealand enters its third COVID-19 wave, a paediatrician is worried about limited access to antiviral medicines, after hearing some pharmacies are no longer dispensing them

COVID-19 antiviral prescribing advice remains unchanged in New Zealand despite trial evidence that one of the medicines does not reduce hospital admissions or deaths 

It is estimated Trikafta could give people with cystic fibrosis up to 27 more years at full health

Health professionals have nine days to have their say on a Pharmac proposal to change the rules for Class B controlled drugs

Robots are not new in pharmacy but at Vivian Pharmacy in New Plymouth, they’ve gone the extra mile to improve the workload of pharmacists tasked with the laborious job of sachet checking

THE PETITION to remove prescription fees for all Community Services Card holders was presented to Parliament on 22 November